| Description |
1 online resource (309 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Foreword; ONE: 'A Happy Sojourn Rudely Terminated', 1858-61; TWO: Dolce Far Niente, 1862-6; THREE: Life Becomes Unhinged, 1866-7; FOUR: The Return Home, 1868-71; FIVE: Mackelvie and His Plunder, 1865-71; SIX: Campbell Takes Control, 1871-4; SEVEN: Old Grooves and New Departures, 1874-8; EIGHT: A Man of Public and Private Affairs: the 1870s; NINE: Years of Grass Widowerhood, 1876-80; TEN: 'Flowers Without Foliage': the Campbells Abroad, 1876-81; ELEVEN: Falling into Debt, 1881-7; TWELVE: 'The Wanderings of Winifred', 1881-9 |
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THIRTEEN: Against the Tide, 1887-97FOURTEEN: The Father and His Gift, 1887-1903; FIFTEEN: 'The Darkening of the Windows', 1904-12; APPENDIX; A: Brown Campbell & Company's Mid-Year Order, 1866; B: Epitaph for F. E. Maning Written; C: The Campbell & Ehrenfried Company Limited, 1897-1912; D: Summary of the Will of Sir John Logan Campbell; References; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W |
| Summary |
Few New Zealand biographies are so rich in social and personal detail. Written with the vivid touches of a novelist, The Father and his Gift completes the story of Sir John Logan Campbell, venerated in old age as the Father of Auckland, and presents a compelling portrait of Auckland. The final volume of Logan Campbell's life story traces his struggles not only to keep his businesses afloat but to preserve intact the One Tree Hill estate which he had determined to leave to the public of New Zealand. The number and intimacy of the papers left by Campbell have enabled Professor Stone to brin |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Campbell, John Logan, 1817-1912.
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| SUBJECT |
Campbell, John Logan, 1817-1912 fast |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand.
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| SUBJECT |
Auckland (N.Z.) -- Biography
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| Subject |
New Zealand -- Auckland
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781775581819 |
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1775581810 |
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9781869407100 |
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1869407105 |
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177558643X |
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9781775586432 |
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